Beginning the Journey

I decided to start this blog to create a space for my reflections as I travel throughout El Salvador for the next three weeks.  Although my original mission was to gather interviews for my thesis on maquila workers in El Salvador, this trip is already developing into so much more.  Various projects have fallen on my lap and I will also be pursuing these during my stay in El Salvador.  I am very excited to begin this journey and seeing what I stumble upon.  The major project I will be working on is a study of men in the maquilas of El Salvador.  I will be interviewing maquila workers and worker organizers, as well as visiting the Instituto de Derechos Humanos (Institute of Human Rights) at the Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Cañas in San Salvador to gather information on labor rights in El Salvador.  The second project I am working on is about El Salvador's Teacher's Strikes of 1968-1971.  I have already interviewed a couple of people in the U.S. who participated in the strikes and plan to interview other former teachers in El Salvador.  I also plan on taking a side trip to Morazan, an area in El Salvador that was a guerilla stronghold during the Civil War, to visit the site of the El Mozote Massacre and the Museum of the Revolution.

Any feedback/comments would greatly be appreciated.  As Salvadorans say when departing: Salud!